Outer structure of the Crab Nebula

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975 · Astrophys. J., v. 200, no. 2, pp. 399-401

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/153802· OSTI ID:4123751

Chevalier, R A; Gull, T R

Observations of the line emission from the Crab Nebula indicate a structure consisting of dense filaments from which thin clumpy sheets of gas fan out radially. The jet feature noted by van den Bergh is one of these sheets. The sheets may have been created by the differential acceleration of filaments, or they may be the result of the formation of the dense filaments by the Rayleigh- Taylor instability. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, AZ
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-010066
• OSTI ID: 4123751
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J., v. 200, no. 2, pp. 399-401, Journal Name: Astrophys. J., v. 200, no. 2, pp. 399-401; ISSN ASJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY
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